Kei Kecil
| Kei Kecil | ||
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| Waters | Banda Lake | |
| Archipelago | Kei Islands | |
| Geographical location | 5 ° 45 ′ S , 132 ° 44 ′ E | |
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| main place | Langgur | |
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Kei Kecil ( Kai Kecil, Kai Ketjil, Klein or Low Kei , local: Nuhu Roa ) is an island of the Kei Islands in the Moluccas archipelago . The name probably comes from the Portuguese , who were the first to take possession of this island. Since the island is very stony and the Portuguese word kayos means something like "stone" or "rock", this derivation is closest. In contrast to other Molucca Islands, the island is flat, only two smaller elevations are the exception. The island is best known for its extraordinary beaches and beautiful coral reefs .
geography
Kei Kecil is one of the three large of the Kei Islands and is located in the east of the archipelago. To the east are the islands of Kei Dullah and Kei Besar . Numerous smaller islands to the west and north. Kei Kecil belongs to the administrative district ( Kabupaten ) Maluku Tenggara of the Maluku Province .
The north of the island forms the district (Kecamatan) Kei Kecil with the island's capital Langgur and the airport of the archipelago. Kei Kecil Barat is the sub-district in the southwest of Kei Kecil. The main town of the sub- district is Ohoira . The Kei Kecil Timur subdistrict with the main town Rumat ( Rummat ) forms the southeast of Kei Kecil .
In contrast to most of the other islands in the archipelago, Kei Kecil is flat and largely deforested.
Residents
The native population is made up of Melanesians who have mixed with Malay ethnic groups. Land mostly belongs to the village community and arable land to the person who cultivates it. The inhabitants of Kei Kecil traditionally speak the Austronesian language Kei ( Saumlaki, Veveu Evav ). The majority of the population is of Roman Catholic faith, and some are also Muslim. Langgur is the center of Christians in the Kei Islands.
history
There are prehistoric rock paintings in Dudumahan .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map of the Maluku Province
- ↑ Map of the Eastern Kei Islands
- ↑ Penduduk Indonesia menurut desa 2010 ( Memento from March 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (Indonesian; PDF; 6.0 MB), accessed on January 26, 2013
- ^ East Indonesia.info: Kei Islands
- ^ Encyclopedia Britannica
- ^ Language map of the Moluccas and West Papua
- ↑ a b Ethnologue: Kei
- ^ East Indonesia.info: Tual & Langgur: The Twin Capitals of Kei
- ^ Sue O'Connor: Nine New Painted Rock Art Sites from East Timor in the Context of the Western Pacific Region , pp. 20 ff., Asia Perspectives, Vol. 42, No.1, 2003 , accessed April 6, 2020.
